Load-binder.



PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

T. BARNES.

LOAD BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1907.

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LOAD-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1 908.

Application filed June 8. 1907. Serial No. 377.966.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, TURNER BARNES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tulip, in the county of Monroe and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Load-Binders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in load binders and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable .and inexpensive device of this character which may be readily applied and operated by one person and which may be conveniently and effectively used for securing a load of any description upon awagon or the like.

The above'and other objects are accomplished in the preferred embodiment of my invention, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the application of my improved load binder to a loaded hay rack; Fig. 2 is a plan view on an enlarged scale, of. the Windlass; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the same; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of one of the drum disks or heads; and Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the rope hooks.

My improved load binder comprises a portable windlass 1 adapted to be placed transversely upon the load at its center and it has a frame consisting of two end members 2 united at their bottoms by two parallel cross bars 3 and at their tops by a transverse shaft 4. The end members 2 are preferably in the form of substantially triangular shaped castings having in their small upper ends bearing apertures for the shaft and in their broad lower ends recesses to receive the connecting bars 3, as clearly shown in the drawings. The shaft is prevented from shifting endwise in its bearings in the end members or castings 2 by providing at one of its ends u on opposite sides of said member 2 stop col ars 5, 6 which are adjustably secured by set screws. A similar collar 7 is provided adjacent to the opposite end of the shaft upon the inner face of the other end member 2. This last mentioned end of the shaft is formed with a square or polygonal shaped portion 8 upon which is secured by a set screw or the like a ratchet wheel 9 formed with an integral winding crank 10. The crank handle 10 serves to wind the shaft 4 for a purpose presently explained, and retrograde rotation of the same is prevented by providing upon the adjacent end member 2 a pivoted pawl 11 which engages the ratchet 9. The load is retained upon-the rack or body of the wagon or other vehicle by two pairs of ropes, cables or the like 13, '14, the inner ends of which are adapted to be wound in opposite directions upon the Windlass shaft 4 and upon the outer end of which are provided hooks 15 to engage the ends of the rack or wagon body, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Each of the hooks 15 is provided at one end with an eye in which one of the ropes or cables is secured and its other end is bent to take over a portion of the frame of the rack on which it is secured by a set screw 16 ar ranged in a threaded aperture in said bent or hook shaped end of the hook. The ropes or cables of each pair are preferably connected and spaced apart at points intermediate their ends by one or more transverse ropes 17. The latter prevent the cables from slipping sidewise off of the load and cause them to wind properly upon the central por- .tion of the shaft 4. between two adjustably mounted drum heads or disks 18, 19.

Each of the heads 18, 19 is preferably of circular form and provided upon its outer face with a hub ortion in which is arranged a set screw 20. n each of said heads, preferably at diametrically opposite points are formedtransverse apertures 21 for the reception of the ends of the cables 13, 14 which, after being passed through said apertures are formed with knots to prevent them from slipping out of the apertures. This construction provides a simple and practical means for attaching the, cables to the winding shaft so that when the latter is rotated the two pairs of cables will be wound in opposite directions upon the centralportion of the shaft between the drum heads. By making the latter adjustable they may be moved toward and from each other so that any length of cable may be wound on the portion of the shaft between them.

In use, it will be seen that the portable Windlass frame 1 is first placed centrally upon the top of the load and the two pairs of cables then drawn toward the opposite ends of the rack and their hooks 15 are engaged with the rack frame and effectively secured by tightening the thumb screws 16. The shaft 10 is then rotated in a direction to wind the inner ends of the cables upon the shaft 14 and thereby cause the intermediate portions of the cables to effectively bind the load upon the rack or wagon As the cables are wound upon the shaft they will be retained in their stretched positions by the engagement of the pawl 11 with the ratchet 9.

It will be seen that the device may be readily arranged upon a load and tightened to properly secure or bind the same, by a single person, since the hooks 15- will be effectively attached to the rack by the set screws and'there is no danger of them loosening while the Windlass is being operated.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1s:

1. A load binding device comprising a portable Windlass frame, a transverse shaft journaled in said frame, means for preventing retrograde rotation of the shaft, a crank handle at one end of the shaft for rotating the same, drum heads arranged upon the intermediate portion of said shaft and formed with transverse apertures, cables having their inner ends passed through and secured. in said apertures and adapted to be wound in opposite directions upon the portion of the shaft between said heads, hooks upon the outer or free ends of said cables and set screws in said hooks, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A load binding device comprising a portable Windlass frame to rest upon the top of the load, a transverse shaft journaled in said frame, a ratchet wheel on the shaft, a pawl upon the frame to engage said ratchet wheel, a crank handle at one end of the shaft for rotating the same, drum heads adj ustably mounted upon the intermediate portion of the shaft and formed at diametrically opposite points with transverse apertures, pairs of binding cables having their inner ends passed through the apertures in said heads and knotted or enlarged to retain them in said apertures, said ends of the cables being adapted to be wound in opposite directions upon the portion of the shaft between said heads, flexible connections between the intermediate portions of 

